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		<title>Putin is set to open Russia&#8217;s top air show</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ZHUKOVSKY, Russia — Russia&#8217;s largest and most important air show is getting under way, overshadowed by a bad economy, a terrorist attack and a deadly air force crash.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is set to open the International Aviation and Space Show on Tuesday.
Analysts expect few major deals to be signed during the weeklong show held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accident at Russian hydroelectric plant kills at least 12 workers, up to 64 others missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nataliya Vasilyeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Rescue workers searched Russia&#8217;s largest hydroelectric plant Tuesday for 64 missing workers after an accident during repairs killed at least 12 others at the massive plant in southern Siberia.

The cause of Monday&#8217;s accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya plant was unclear. Federal investigators said a transformer exploded during repair works, destroying walls and the ceiling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accident at Russian hydroelectric plant kills at least 11 workers, up to 65 others missing</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/accident-at-russian-hydroelectric-plant-kills-at-least-11-workers-up-to-65-others-missing-142080/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nataliya Vasilyeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — An accident during repair work at Russia&#8217;s largest hydroelectric plant on Monday killed at least 11 workers, while as many as 65 others were missing after an engine room was suddenly flooded, officials said.

The cause of the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya plant in southern Siberia was unclear. Federal investigators said a transformer exploded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key developments in Atlantic search for missing ship Arctic Sea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Key developments in the search for the ship Arctic Sea, which disappeared along with its 15-man Russian crew in the Atlantic nearly three weeks ago.

July 21 — Arctic Sea departs from Finnish port with timber cargo bound for Algeria.
July 24 — Crew reportedly attacked in Baltic Sea by about a dozen masked men, who the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia says missing Arctic Sea freighter found near Cape Verde, crew alive and healthy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russia-says-missing-arctic-sea-freighter-found-near-cape-verde-crew-alive-and-healthy-141878/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The high seas mystery over the freighter Arctic Sea was far from solved Monday after the Russian navy found the ship off West Africa, far from the Algerian port where it was supposed to dock two weeks ago.

A full cargo of questions remained:
Was the ship attacked near Sweden as reported? Was this an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accident at Russian hydroelectric plant kills at least 10 workers, up to 65 others missing</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/accident-at-russian-hydroelectric-plant-kills-at-least-10-workers-up-to-65-others-missing-141840/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nataliya Vasilyeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — An accident during repair work at Russia&#8217;s largest hydroelectric plant on Monday killed at least 10 workers, while as many as 65 others were missing after an engine room was suddenly flooded, officials said.

The cause of the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya plant in southern Siberia was unclear. Federal investigators said a transformer exploded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits North Caucasus; at least 20 killed, more than 130 wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber rammed a truck into a police station in the Russian region of Ingushetia on Monday, killing at least 20 police in the worst attack to ravage the poor North Caucasus republic in years.

The blast, which wounded more than 130 others, undermined Kremlin claims that its efforts to bring calm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian defense minister says missing freighter found near Cape Verde, crew alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The Russian-crewed freighter that sparked a high-seas mystery when it disappeared nearly three weeks ago has been found by a Russian naval frigate off the West African coast, the country&#8217;s defense minister said Monday, according to Russian news agencies.

The Arctic Sea&#8217;s 15 crew members, last heard from July 28, were alive and now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, 20 killed, more than 100 injured</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-truck-bomb-hits-police-station-in-southern-russia-20-killed-more-than-100-injured-141746/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus with an explosives-laden truck Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest in years in the restive southern region, denting Kremlin claims that the area was stabilizing after two wars in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look at the republics in Russia&#8217;s violence-wracked Caucasus region</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mountainous regions just to the north of Russia&#8217;s southern border known as the North Caucasus have long been troubled by violence, stoked by poverty, Islamic extremism, ethnic tensions, feuding criminal gangs and the two separatist wars that ravaged Chechnya since 1994.

Here&#8217;s brief look at the regions, their history and their conditions:
CHECHNYA — The epicenter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accident at Russian hydroelectric plant kills 8 workers, 54 others missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nataliya Vasilyeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — An accident during repair work at Russia&#8217;s largest hydroelectric plant on Monday killed at least eight workers, while as many as 65 others were missing after an engine room was suddenly flooded, officials said.

The cause of the accident at the Sayano-Shushinskaya plant in southern Siberia was unclear. Federal investigators said a transformer exploded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 20 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus with an explosives-laden truck Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest in years in the restive southern region, denting Kremlin claims that the area was stabilizing after two wars in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accident shuts down Russia&#8217;s largest hydroelectric plant, killing 7 and injuring 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nataliya Vasilyeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — An accident during repair work at Russia&#8217;s largest hydroelectric plant on Monday killed at least eight workers and injured 10, while 54 others were missing, investigators said.

The accident shut down the Sayano-Shushinskaya power station, on the Yenisei River in southern Siberia. The plant supplies several major aluminum plants.
A transformer exploded during repair works, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 19 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus on Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding about 60 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest in months in the restive southern region, denting Kremlin claims that the area was stabilizing after 15 years of separatist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A glance at other recent bombings and attacks in Ingushetia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday&#8217;s bombing at a police station in Ingushetia is the latest in a string of attacks targeting police and government officials in the troubled North Caucasus region.

Other recent bombings and attacks in Ingushetia include:
— Aug. 12: gunmen kill construction minister Ruslan Amerkhanov in his office in the Ingush capital, Magas; his assistant is wounded.
— June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 18 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus on Monday, killing at least 18 people and wounding about 60 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest in months in the restive southern region, denting Kremlin claims that the area was stabilizing after 15 years of separatist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 14 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia&#8217;s restive North Caucasus Monday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 60 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest for months in Russia&#8217;s south and dented Kremlin claims to be stabilizing the North Caucasus region, where 15 years of separatist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 12 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia&#8217;s restive North Caucasus Monday, killing at least 12 people and wounding nearly 60 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest for months in Russia&#8217;s south and dented Kremlin claims to be stabilizing the North Caucasus region, where 15 years of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 7 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia&#8217;s restive North Caucasus Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens of others, officials said.

The attacker rammed into the gates of the local police headquarters in the city of Nazran in Ingushetia and detonated his explosives at the moment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police station in Russia&#8217;s Ingushetia province hit by explosion, number of casualties unknown</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-station-in-russias-ingushetia-province-hit-by-explosion-number-of-casualties-unknown-141397/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — The Interior Ministry says that a police station in the province of Ingushetia in Russia&#8217;s restive North Caucasus has been hit by an explosion, and there appeared to be casualties.

Madina Khadziyeva of the Interior Ministry&#8217;s regional branch in Ingushetia says an explosive device was placed next to the local police headquarters in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Russian jets collide, and commander of stunt team dies, in air show rehearsal near Moscow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Eckel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Two Russian air force jets rehearsing aerobatic maneuvers collided Sunday near Moscow, killing one stunt pilot and sending one fighter crashing into nearby vacation homes, a military official said.

The Su-27 fighters were part of the elite Russian Knights flying group preparing to perform at the MAKS-2009 air show, the largest and most important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother Russia doesn&#8217;t need you: Officers face mass firings in military reform plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina Ioffee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KUBINKA, Russia — Nikolai Kulikov, a 51-year-old Army officer, says bitterly that he gave his best years to the Russian Army.

Kulikov did a series of assignments across the Soviet Union and spent the past 10 years as head of security at the Air Force base in Kubinka, 40 miles west of Moscow.
But today, he is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot killed as 2 Russian fighters collide in air show rehearsal; 1 jet reportedly hits houses</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Two Russian air force fighters rehearsing acrobatic maneuvers collided Sunday near Moscow, killing one pilot and sending the jets crashing into nearby vacation homes, a military official said.

The Su-27 fighters were members of the elite Russian Knights flying group preparing to perform at the MAKS-2009 air show — the largest and most important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Russian jet fighters rehearsing for air show collide near Moscow; 1 pilot reportedly killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Two Russian air force fighter jets collided Sunday as they were rehearsing for a major air show outside of Moscow, sending one of the jets crashing into houses below, a military official said. Russian media reported one of the pilots was killed.

The Su-27 fighters were part of elite flying group the Russian Knights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia NATO envoy: operations to find missing freighter in full swing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russia&#8217;s envoy to NATO said Sunday that operations to find a missing freighter and its 15 Russian crew members are in full swing and he was optimistic of quick success.

Russian and European maritime officials are searching for the Maltese-flagged Arctic Sea and its euro1.3 million ($1.8 million) cargo of timber. Dmitry Rogozin told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intrigue in search for missing freighter: Finns report ransom demand, expert tracks signals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/intrigue-in-search-for-missing-freighter-finns-report-ransom-demand-expert-tracks-signals-140789/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The workaday cargo ship the Arctic Sea, which for decades plowed the world&#8217;s waterways in obscurity, just had to disappear to be thrust into a swirling drama of rumors and intrigue. The plot thickened Saturday as a Russian maritime expert reported signals from the ship&#8217;s tracking device and Finnish authorities said there was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 police killed in North Caucusus shootings amid rise in regional violence</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-police-killed-in-north-caucusus-shootings-amid-rise-in-regional-violence-140688/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MAKHACHKALA, Russia — Two policemen were killed in separate sniper attacks in Russia&#8217;s violent republic of Dagestan on Saturday, authorities said, the latest in three days of bloodshed that has claimed more than 20 lives in the North Caucasus.

The first of the shootings took place late Saturday morning at a police post near the central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nightingale: Uzbek migrants find uneasy way to Russia on illegal &#8216;ghost bus&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-nightingale-uzbek-migrants-find-uneasy-way-to-russia-on-illegal-ghost-bus-140635/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUKHARA, Uzbekistan — On paper, the bus does not exist.

It has no schedule, and no route. It shows up mysteriously, and just as mysteriously, the dozens of men who await it know when it is coming.
Every year, the ghost bus — and its many cousins throughout Uzbekistan — transports hundreds of migrants to Russia, crossing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish investigators say ransom demand made for vanished freighter</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finnish-investigators-say-ransom-demand-made-for-vanished-freighter-140630/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A ransom demand has been received for the return of a Russian-manned freighter that went missing last month in the Atlantic, Finnish investigators said Saturday.

It was not immediately clear if the ransom demand was legitimate, and the whereabouts of the Arctic Sea, its 15 crew members and its €1.3 million ($1.8 million) cargo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery of vanished ship&#8217;s whereabouts deepens amid contradictory reports</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mystery-of-vanished-ships-whereabouts-deepens-amid-contradictory-reports-140570/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A Russian maritime Web site said the tracking system for a freighter missing since last month was broadcasting signals on Saturday from the Bay of Biscay, but French Marines said the signals were coming from Russian warships.

The contradictory claims deepened the mystery surrounding the ship, the Arctic Sea. On Friday, widespread reports suggested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian maritime Web site says vanished ship&#8217;s tracking system broadcasting off French coast</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-maritime-web-site-says-vanished-ships-tracking-system-broadcasting-off-french-coast-140445/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A Russian maritime Web site said the tracking system for a freighter missing since last month was broadcasting signals on Saturday from the Bay of Biscay, but French Marines said the signals were coming from Russian warships.

The contradictory claims deepened the mystery surrounding the ship, the Arctic Sea. On Friday, widespread reports suggested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian-manned cargo ship found near Cape Verde after vanishing last month in Atlantic</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-manned-cargo-ship-found-near-cape-verde-after-vanishing-last-month-in-atlantic-139959/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-manned-cargo-ship-found-near-cape-verde-after-vanishing-last-month-in-atlantic-139959/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Berry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A Russian-manned cargo ship that vanished last month in the Atlantic was found Friday near Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa, according to French and Russian officials. There was no immediate information about the condition of the crew or whether there was anyone else onboard.

The Arctic Sea — carrying a load [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France: Russian-manned cargo ship found near Cape Verde after vanishing last month in Atlantic</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/france-russian-manned-cargo-ship-found-near-cape-verde-after-vanishing-last-month-in-atlantic-139931/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — The French Defense Ministry says a Russian-manned cargo that vanished in the Atlantic last month has been found near Cape Verde.

Ministry spokesman Capt. Jerome Baroe says Cape Verde coast guards have confirmed the Arctic Sea was discovered Friday afternoon about 520 miles (840 kilometers) off the former Portuguese colony off the West African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 police, 2 militants killed in Grozny gun battle; police hunt prostitute-killers in Dagestan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sergei Venyavsky</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — At least four policemen and two militants died in a gun battle Friday during a security sweep near the Chechen capital, Grozny, amid surging violence in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus that has claimed more than 20 lives in two days.

Police conducted house-to-house searches in Dagestan, Chechnya&#8217;s eastern neighbor, for a gang that shot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Marines to arrive in Georgia to help train its troops for mission in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TBILISI, Georgia — A group of U.S. Marines will arrive in Georgia to help train its troops for a mission alongside coalition forces in Afghanistan, the U.S. Embassy said Friday.

The move is likely to vex neighboring Russia, which has strongly spoken out against U.S. military assistance to Georgia.
The U.S. Embassy said in a statement that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian police arrest man suspected of 15 of racially motivated killings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A man suspected of committing 15 racially motivated killings was arrested in Moscow on Friday, according to officials.

Vasily Krivets, 21, was detained at a railway station as he tried to board a train for Ukraine, police spokeswoman Yulia Kiselyova told Vesti 24 television.
Krivets is suspected of committing 15 hate killings in 2007 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unconfirmed reports put missing cargo ship and its Russian crew near Cape Verde</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/unconfirmed-reports-put-missing-cargo-ship-and-its-russian-crew-near-cape-verde-139790/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Berry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The search for a Russian-manned cargo ship that vanished last month in the Atlantic reached far south along the West African coast Friday with unconfirmed reports of sightings near Cape Verde.

The Arctic Sea — carrying a load of timber and 15 Russian sailors — passed through the English Channel on July 28. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merkel-Medvedev meeting in Russia to focus on energy, economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/merkel-medvedev-meeting-in-russia-to-focus-on-energy-economy-139409/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a visit expected to include Kremlin pressure for Germany to attract other countries to a Russian gas pipeline project.

Germany is Russia&#8217;s key partner in the Nord Stream project, a pipeline to deliver Russian gas under the Baltic Sea directly to Europe. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Militants kill 4 police officers, 7 civilians in Russia&#8217;s volatile Caucasus province</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MAKHACHKALA, Russia — Gunmen shot and killed four police officers and seven civilians in a restive Russian province near Chechnya on Thursday, officials said.

The attackers drove to a police checkpoint in the city of Buinaksk in the province of Dagestan and sprayed it with automatic gunfire, killing four officers on the spot, said Mark Tolchinsky, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disappearance of Russian-manned cargo ship in Atlantic draws investigators across Europe</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/disappearance-of-russian-manned-cargo-ship-in-atlantic-draws-investigators-across-europe-138739/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Berry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The disappearance of a Russian-manned cargo ship in the Atlantic more than two weeks ago spawned a variety of theories and intriguing reports Thursday as the search drew in investigators from across Europe.

Russia had naval vessels and satellites scanning the ocean for the Arctic Sea — last heard from on July 28 while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ukraine&#8217;s president rejects Russian criticism, says Russia to blame for strained ties</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ukraines-president-rejects-russian-criticism-says-russia-to-blame-for-strained-ties-138716/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Aksyonova</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday rejected sharp criticism from his Russian counterpart, saying the Kremlin is to blame for a downturn in bilateral ties.

Yushchenko was responding to an open letter from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who has accused him of conducting a hostile policy toward Russia. The unusually blunt words came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian navy trolls Atlantic for cargo ship missing more than 2 weeks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-navy-trolls-atlantic-for-cargo-ship-missing-more-than-2-weeks-138443/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Quinn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The disappearance of a Russian-manned cargo ship in the Atlantic more than two weeks ago spawned a variety of theories and intriguing reports Thursday as the search drew in investigators from across Europe.

Russia had naval vessels and satellites scanning the ocean for the Arctic Sea — last heard from on July 28 while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakhstan refuses to free jailed newspaper editor amid international condemnation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakhstan-refuses-to-free-jailed-newspaper-editor-amid-international-condemnation-138342/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakhstan-refuses-to-free-jailed-newspaper-editor-amid-international-condemnation-138342/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan&#8217;s highest court refused Thursday to overturn a prison sentence for a newspaper editor in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation.

Ramazan Yesergepov was arrested in January and charged with revealing state secrets in a move that has tarnished the ex-Soviet nation&#8217;s democratic credentials as it prepares to assume the chairmanship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Putin pledges economic, military aid to Abkhazia, and continued independence support</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russias-putin-pledges-economic-military-aid-to-abkhazia-and-continued-independence-support-137815/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russias-putin-pledges-economic-military-aid-to-abkhazia-and-continued-independence-support-137815/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruslan Khashig</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SUKHUMI, Georgia — Russia&#8217;s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the separatist Georgian region of Abkhazia on Wednesday, promising to provide nearly $500 million in military aid and shrugging off Georgian protests.

Putin&#8217;s visit came on the anniversary of the cease-fire in last year&#8217;s war with Georgia, during which Russian troops and separatist forces ousted Georgian forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European piracy? Ship reports mystery attack, sails through English Channel, then disappears</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-piracy-ship-reports-mystery-attack-sails-through-english-channel-then-disappears-137789/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-piracy-ship-reports-mystery-attack-sails-through-english-channel-then-disappears-137789/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Quinn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — It has been more than two weeks since the Arctic Sea sailed through the English Channel — and then, simply, disappeared.

Russian navy vessels were trolling the Atlantic on Thursday in search for the Maltese-flagged ship, last heard from on July 28 making contact with British maritime officials and then sailing through the Dover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putin pledges economic, military aid to Abkhazia, says no way back on independence claim</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/putin-pledges-economic-military-aid-to-abkhazia-says-no-way-back-on-independence-claim-137749/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruslan Khashig</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SUKHUMI, Georgia — Russia&#8217;s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the separatist Georgian region of Abkhazia on Wednesday, vowing to provide billions in economic and military aid and shrugging off Georgian protests.

Putin&#8217;s visit came on the anniversary of the cease-fire in last year&#8217;s war with Georgia, during which Russian troops and separatist forces ousted Georgian forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing cargo ship sails through English Channel _ and then disappears</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Quinn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — First the ship reported it had been attacked in waters off Sweden. Then it sailed with no apparent problems through one of the world&#8217;s busiest shipping lanes. And then it disappeared.

The Arctic Sea, a Maltese-flagged cargo ship, was supposed to make port in Algeria with its cargo of timber on Aug. 4. More [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putin pledges $470 mln to build Russian bases, boost security in Abkhazia</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/putin-pledges-470-mln-to-build-russian-bases-boost-security-in-abkhazia-137577/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the country will spend at least 15 billion rubles ($470 million) next year to build Russian military bases in Abkhazia and tighten the separatist Georgian region&#8217;s borders.

Putin&#8217;s pledge in an interview with Abkhazian media comes on Wednesday&#8217;s anniversary of the cease-fire in last year&#8217;s war with Georgia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cabinet minister in Russia&#8217;s troubled Ingushetia shot to death in his office</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cabinet-minister-in-russias-troubled-ingushetia-shot-to-death-in-his-office-137343/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — The construction minister in Russia&#8217;s violence-plagued Ingushetia was shot to death in his office Wednesday, the latest in a series of high-profile attacks on top officials in the restive republic.

Ruslan Amerkhanov was shot by two men who entered his office in the republic&#8217;s capital Magas, one armed with an assault rifle and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian president accuses Ukraine of endangering European gas supplies, delays new ambassador</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-president-accuses-ukraine-of-endangering-european-gas-supplies-delays-new-ambassador-137019/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has accused Ukraine of endangering European gas supplies, and threatened to delay sending a new Russian ambassador until relations with its neighbor improve.

In a letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko released Tuesday by the Kremlin, Medvedev also criticizes Yushchenko&#8217;s push to make Ukraine a NATO member and his support [...]]]></description>
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